The Worm Turns with Jimmy Callaway

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How the West Was Dumb Aug 23, 2018

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How do, y'all, welcome to this here episode of The Worm Turns with Jimmy Callaway! It's the country-fried cowboy episode, so let's SADDLE up! SHOOT your guns into the air! RIDE into the sunset! No city slickers allowed, y'all!

Song list:

Sons of the Pioneers--"Tumblin' Tumbleweeds"

The Vandals--"Urban Struggle"

Deadbolt--"The Strangers Theme"

Flatt and Scruggs--"Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms"

Marty Robbins--"El Paso"

Los Rancheros--"Lone Wolf Gangster"

Lynn Anderson--"Snowbird"

Dick Dale--"Ghost Riders in the Sky"

The Tempests--"Look Away"

Johnny Horton--"Battle of New Orleans"

The Sloppy Seconds--"Human Waste"

The Bahareebas--"Ocean Cowboy's Last Ride"

Buck Owens and Buddy Alan--"Pfft, You Were Gone"

Johnnie Wright--"Hello Vietnam"

The Little Boy Blues--"The Great Train Robbery"

Chewbacca's--"Cowboy Junkie"

Three Inverted Nines Aug 16, 2018

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This week's episode of The Worm Turns with Jimmy Callaway is brought to you by the Number of the Beast! Yes, it's an all-star tribute to our dark lord Satan, so come on, gang, TARNISH your soul! SUBMIT to vice! PRAISE be to the king of rock and roll, always and forever, amen!

Song list:

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones--"Devil's Night Out"

The Dwarves--"Satan"

Davila 666--"El Lobo"

The Satans--"Lines and Squares"

Zeke--"Eyes of Satan"

The Germs--"Lexicon Devil"

Damnation--"Fuel-Injected Priest"

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils--"If You Wanna Get to Heaven"

The Misfits--"Speak of the Devil"

The Dantes--"Can't Get Enough of Your Love"

Mephiskapheles--"Doomsday"

Slayer--"Altar of Sacrifice"

Satan's Little Helpers--"I'm in Love"

Jimmy Minor--"Satan's Chauffeur"

Roky Erickson--"Don't Shake Me, Lucifer"

Necronomikids--"Bete Noire"

Satan and Satan's Roses--"I'm a Devil"

The Supersuckers--"Born with a Tail"

Magical Misery Tour Aug 09, 2018

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On this week's episode, we're paying homage to four guys from Liverpool! So let's all TWIST and shout! SEE her standing there! ROLL UP for the Magical Misery Tour, and let your problems fester away on The Worm Turns with Jimmy Callaway!

Song list:

The Carefrees--"We Love You Beatles"

Howie Casey and the Seniors--"I Ain't Mad at You"

The Everly Brothers--"Bye Bye Love"

Buddy Holly--"Words of Love"

Buck Owens--"Act Naturally"

The Rockin' Berries--"You'd Better Come Home"

The Beau Brummels--"Laugh Laugh"

Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, and Tich--"Hold Tight"

The Knickerbockers--"One Track Mind"

The Jackson Investment Co.--"What Can I Say"

The Barbarians--"Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?"

The Concussions--"And I Love Her"

The Punkles--"Magical Mystery Tour"

The Five Stairsteps--"Dear Prudence"

The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus--"We Can Work It Out"

Stevie Wonder--"We Can Work It Out"

I Against I--"I Wanna Hold Your Hand"

Ozzy Osbourne--"In My Life"

Santo y Johnny--"Do You Want To Know a Secret?"

Peter and Gordon--"World without Love"

The Rutles--"I Must Be in Love"

The Beetletown Players--"Got a Good Thing Going"

Thee Headcoatees--"Don't Wanna Hold Your Hand"

The Spongetones--"Don't You Know"

Samiam--"Cry Baby Cry"

Tune In, Turn On, Drop Dead Aug 02, 2018

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Oh, wow, like, it's the hippy-dippy episode of The Worm Turns with Jimmy Callaway! GROOVE heavy! LOVE freely! SMELL badly! We're gettin' psychedelic tonight, baby!

Song list:

Status Quo--"Pictures of Matchstick Men"

The Flower Power--"Trivialities"

The Lykes of Us--"Tell Me Why Your Light Shines"

The New Rumley Invincibles--"Living with the Birds"

Peanut Butter Conspiracy--"Time Is After You"

Kaleidoscope--"Flight from Ashiya"

Donovan--"Atlantis"

The Nomads--"Time Remains"

The Lemon Drops--"I Live in the Springtime"

The Move--"I Can Hear the Grass Grow"

The Giant Sunflower--"February Sunshine"

The Skopes--"Be Mine Again"

The Krels--"Psychedelic Feelin'"

The Spirit--"No Time to Rhyme"

The Open Mind--"Magic Potion"

The Bee Gees--"Like Nobody Else"

The 14th Wray--"Your Face Is on My Mind"

Love Sculpture--"In the Land of the Few"

The Mockingbirds--"You Stole My Love"

The Idle Race--"Imposters of Life's Magazine"

Supernova--"Hippy"

Happy Deathday to Me Jul 26, 2018

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From beyond the grave comes the Halloween episode of The Worm Turns with Jimmy Callaway! The dead don't care if it's July! PEER beyond the veil! CHILL to your very bones! PRAY for the sweet release of death! I've been stuck on this rock for 41 years now, I celebrate the day of the damned whenever I want!

Song list:

The Tijuana Panthers--"Creature"

The Satan's Pilgrims--"Ghoulash"

The Move--"Night of Fear"

The Cramps--"TV Set"

Screaming Lord Sutch--"Jack the Ripper"

Ramones--"Chain Saw"

The Quincy Punx--"Tina"

Roky Erickson and The Aliens--"I Walked with a Zombie"

The Marcels--"Blue Moon"

The Hollywoods--"Werewolf Boy"

The Last Word--"Sleepy Hollow"

"Weird Al" Yankovic--"Nature Trail to Hell in 3-D"

Larry and the Blue Notes--"Night of the Sadist"

Judy Collins--"Both Sides Now"

Punkrockacademyfightsongs Jul 19, 2018

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Fuck're you looking at, huh? Listen, this is the all fight songs episode of The Worm Turns with Jimmy Callaway, got it? So WIPE that look off your face before I do it for you! DON'T GIVE me any of your lip! PUT up or shut up! If you're looking for a fight, these two-fisted tunes are just for you!

Song list:

The Rezillos--"Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight"

The Tunnel Rats--"Head Broke In"

The 4-Skins--"Evil"

Nick Lowe--"Born Fighter"

Apocalypse Hoboken--"Jerk Lessons"

DYS--"Wolfpack"

The Rip-Offs--"Cops"

The Hanson Brothers--"Duke It Out"

The Kinks--"I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter"

Zeke--"Fight in the Storeroom"

Baboon--"Bring Me the Head of Jack Skinner"

The Mummies--"Your Ass (Is Next in Line)"

Adrenalin O.D.--"Your Kung Fu Is Old...And Now You Must Die!"

Guttermouth--"Bruce Lee vs. the KISS Army"

The Queers--"Drop the Attitude, Fucker"

The Clash--"White Riot"

The Beau Brummels--"Underdog"

The Dirtbombs--"Underdog"

The Damned--"Smash It Up, Parts 1 & 2"

Science Fiction Double Feature Picture Show Jul 12, 2018

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From beyond the stars comes this week's sci-fi episode of The Worm Turns with Jimmy Callaway! MAKE first contact! BREAK the space/time barrier! GET STUFFED into your locker! Listen to it now before they make some disastrous prequels and ruin it for you!

THIS EPISODE IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED to the memories of Steve Soto, Harlan Ellison, and of course, Steve Ditko.

Song list:

Link Wray & the Moon Men--"Other Side of the Moon"

Theme from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Man...or Astro-man?--"Defcon 5"

The Scaners--"Abduction"

Thee Shatners--"Romulan Attack"

Boris the Sprinkler--"Purple Vulcan Hot Rod"

Servotron--"S.R.A./3 Laws (Abolished)"

The Phantom Surfers--"Medley: Theme from 'The X-Files'/The Extremely Stupid Files"

The Spits--"Electric Brain"

The Boss Tones--"Mopitty Mope"

Jon Cougar Concentration Camp--"Half-Assed Jedi"

The Sloppy Seconds--"Runnin' from the CIA"

The Young Savages--"The Invaders Are Coming"

Supernova--"Invasion"

Ric Masten--"Missile Monkey"

Alice Cooper--"Clones (We're All)"

My Love, She Comes in Colors Jul 05, 2018

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This week's episode of The Worm Turns with Jimmy Callaway is the most colorful yet, and I don't just mean the language! SEE red! DON'T step on my blue suede shoes! EXPLAIN to your dog what colors are! It's a loose theme, so get loose with it!

Song list:

The George Baker Selection--"Little Green Bag"

The Pastels--"Mirage"

The Tie Reds--"Mr. Alligator"

The Silvertones--"Get It"

The Damned--"Wait for the Blackout"

Tomorrow--"My White Bicycle"

Larry and the Blue Notes--"In and Out"

Love--"My Little Red Book"

The Monkees--"Papa Gene's Blues"

Rocky Jones--"Mule Skinner Blues"

The Standells--"Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White"

Teengenerate--"Dressed in Black"

The Nightcrawlers--"Little Black Egg"

Evergreen Blues--"Three's a Crowd"

The Banshees--"Project Blue"

I'd Like To Be Buried in the Sisterhood of Women Jun 28, 2018

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This week's episode of The Worm Turns with Jimmy Callaway is a little something for the ladies, the all girl-groups/bands episode! DON'T put me on display! FEEL like a natural woman! SUBVERT the patriarchy! Girls rock and so do women and anyone who identifies as such!

Song list:

The Pleasure Seekers--"What a Way to Die"

The Red Aunts--"Rollerderby Queen"

The High School Sweethearts--"Afterschool Special"

The Lunachicks--"Pretty Houses"

Bud and Kathy--"Hang It Out to Dry"

Asobi Seksu--"And Then He Kissed Me"

Karen Verros--"You Just Gotta Know My Mind"

The Surfrajettes--"Toxic"

Dara Puspita--"Aku Pergi"

France Gall--"Laisse Tomber Les Filles"

Millie Rodgers--"There You Go"

Shannon and the Clams--"Hunk Hunt"

Shirley Ellis--"The Nitty Gritty"

lyme and cybelle--"Follow Me"

Dorothy Berry--"You're So Fine"

The Blue Orchids--"Oo Chang-A-Lang"

The Continental Co-Ets--"Melody of Junk"

Hard Luck Jun 21, 2018

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If it weren't for the hard luck episode of The Worm Turns with Jimmy Callaway this week, we'd have no episode at all! THANK your lucky stars! WALK around a ladder! THROW spilled salt over your shoulder! Your luck's already starting to turn once you listen!

Song list:

The Undertones--"Hard Luck"

The Preachers--"Who Do You Love"

The Easybeats--"All Gone Boy"

The Briefs--"Poor and Weird"

The Gain--"Frustrated"

The Automatics--"Don't Wanna Work"

The Rich White Males--"Bum"

The Drags--"Not So Good Luck Charm"

Them--"I Can Only Give You Everything"

The Statler Brothers--"Flowers on the Wall"

The Coachwhips--"Couldn't Find Love"